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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Any opportunity to cooperate with Silver Farm Farms should continue to be pursued, says Alliance shareholder Jeff Grant.
Most of the major banks are predicting a drop between 4% and 8% – much higher than Fonterra's current forecast of a 2-3% fall.
Agriculture product sales growth in US, China and South America enabled Skellerup to increase its agri division earnings despite the slightly softer New Zealand market, says chair Sir Selwyn Cushing.
Farmgate milk price forecasts by at least two banks, ASB and BNZ, have now been hiked upwards to $5/kgMS for the 2015-16 season.
Fonterra is being urged not to force restrictions on the use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) without consulting farmers.
AgResearch chair Sam Robinson says the proposal for change has been well thought out.
A former director of AgResearch, Dr Jock Allison, says the present organisation doesn't know how to nurture and grow its scientists.
Low milk prices have not only affected farmgate returns in New Zealand, they blew a $44 million hole last financial year in Fonterra's China farm business.
Some farmers in Hawkes Bay have suffered big lamb losses as a result of the recent floods.
Alliance Group is out to entice dissatisfied Silver Fern Farm suppliers and shore up support of its own in 24 roadshows around the country, which kicked off last Thursday.
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Fonterra chair John Wilson says there has been “a complete misunderstanding” over the pay increase for the co-op’s chief executive.
A farmer-backed consortium was planning to take to Silver Fern Farms a counter-offer to the $261 million buy-in by Chinese company Shanghai Maling, according to conjecture within the industry.
Claims that Silver Fern Farms approached the Government for funding and/or sought a meeting with Finance Minister Bill English for over a year have been debunked by the co-op's chair Rob Hewett.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients achieved record sales for its financial year ended 31 May 2015.
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